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Blending Darkness to Smoldering Color – By Ryder Gaddis

September 15, 2009 – 11:41 am

Ahriman, Lord of Darkness is a menacing character. A great deal of his visual impact comes from the way his dark colors smolder and suddenly burst into vivid ones. Rather than being a complete walk-through of the figure, this tutorial focuses on how to achieve this effect. Wen-M’s illustration I started with. My essential tools [...]

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Anima Painting Contest Leg 2: Wissenschaft Agent

August 21, 2009 – 10:55 am

                          Hello Painters and Hobbyists! As you know, Cipher Studios is currently running a painting contest for Anima Tactics Agents. Albert Martinez from Spain has won the first leg of this series with his astounding Azur Agent which can be seen at http://cipher-studios.com/2009/08/azur-agent-painting-contest-winner. [...]

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Azur Agent: Painting Contest Winner!

August 5, 2009 – 11:40 am

Congratulations to Albert of Spain for taking 1st place in this first leg of the Agents Painting contest!   The winner was followed very, very closely by Haydn of New Zealand.                              Last, but definitily not least, is Nick located in the USA.   [...]

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Ryder Gaddis Fires It Up!

July 23, 2009 – 1:36 pm

Here are some tips from Ryder Gaddis, one of our very excellent painters, about how he pulled off the flames on the Fire Demon. I have put up the images with both the black and the white background he sent to us when he was finished. I think each background shows off the model in [...]

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